. Kelly is in prison awaiting hearings in four jurisdictions on a battery of sexual abuse and misconduct charges, many of which involve women who were minors at the time.
“The defendants are separately charged with engaging in multiple crimes that were intended to undermine and subvert the integrity of the criminal justice system and victimize the women who have come forward with serious allegations of criminal conduct against the defendant R. Kelly,” Seth DuCharme, acting U.S. attorney in the case, said in the release.
Kelly has been held without bond at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago since July of last year. The singer has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges and is awaiting trial; he has made repeated attempts to be released from prison for a variety of health-related reasons, including the coronavirus pandemic.